Iridescent by Moonlight
In this snapshotfrom November 18, the Full Moon was not farfrom Earth’s shadow.In skies over Sicily the brightestlunar phase waseclipsed by passing clouds though.The full moonlight was dimmed andmomentarily diffracted by small but similar sized water dropletsnear the edges of the high thin clouds.The resultingiridescence shineswith colors like a lunar corona.
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